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School scoops 3rd place in national recycled art competition
Online public votes sees Afon Taf High School in Merthr Tydfil, take 3rd place and win £500
Schoolchildren from Afon Taf High School showed their creative talent after creating a detailed life-size artwork out of old Yellow Pages directories, which got them 3rd place in the national Big Yellow Pages Art competition 2009, with a £500 cash prize.
The artwork, cleverly titled ‘Look Up Jesus’, was made by the youngsters as part of the Yellow Woods Challenge – a fun and educational environmental campaign for schools based on recycling old Yellow Pages directories.
Naomi Wilkinson, Five TV children’s presenter and Big Yellow Pages Art Competition judge, chose ‘Look Up Jesus’ as one of six finalists to go head to head in an online public vote.
The enchanting life-size creation received hundreds of votes and took third place during the online voting period from November 25 to December 9. Winner of the competition was Dennis Primary School, St Austell, Cornwall, for their creation ‘Chitty Chitty Bang Bang’, and 2nd place was Upton Cross Primary School for their artwork, ‘George and Geraldine the Giraffes’.
Winner of The Big Yellow Pages Art Competition 2009 – St Dennis Primary School in St Austell, Cornwall.
Second place in The Big Yellow Pages Art Competition – Upton Cross Primary School, Liskeard.
Kimberley Watts-Fitzsimmons, corporate responsibility manager at Yell congratulated the three top schools, and said: “Entries received in the 2009 Big Yellow Pages Art Competition were fantastic. They once again show the tremendous level of creativity and environmental awareness within our schools. Well done to all the schools that took part.’
For every pound awarded to the schools, a matching pound is donated to the Woodland Trust.
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